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I have been working on a MOTUC Stone Wall diorama/back drop to take photos with. It is currently still WIP but I have just finished painting it.

The stone bricks are made from air dry clay and the main dio is styrofoam. I would have liked the stones to be more uniform but I have never done any sculpting before so I will just say I meant for it to have the rough, hand made, uneven look

I still need to touch up some of the gaps, add some ground cover and some plants but here it is so far;

I like the logo and would wear it on a t-shirt. If there was both sides done, with He-Man on the back holding aloft an Australian flag instead of his sword and with "I Have The Power" written beneath......??

Husband would probably cringe but it wouldn't be the weirdest thing in my wardrobe.

I like the logo and would wear it on a t-shirt. If there was both sides done, with He-Man on the back holding aloft an Australian flag instead of his sword and with "I Have The Power" written beneath......??

Husband would probably cringe but it wouldn't be the weirdest thing in my wardrobe.

Fallen, that stonewall looks better than a bought one.

Thanks becca

Originally Posted by -TRaP-JaW-

Nice work TheFallen! - what brand of clay did u use? is it expensive? I'm doing something similar and am sussing out what my options are as far as what materials to use ... looking good anyway bro

Thanks TJ. I used Darwi air dry clay. I got it from Spotlight, $15 for a kilo.

As I said, I had never done anything like this before so it was pretty much trial and error. It wasn't until I had actually painted it that I thought it may turn out the way I wanted

I need a small supply of coke to run my mini-forge to do wrought iron swords, but can also do them cut from steel sheet. Went out and got cut-off disks and brazing rods, had the blanks all marked out, then realised the vice is no longer attached to the workbench. grrrr....

I have been working on a MOTUC Stone Wall diorama/back drop to take photos with. It is currently still WIP but I have just finished painting it.

The stone bricks are made from air dry clay and the main dio is styrofoam. I would have liked the stones to be more uniform but I have never done any sculpting before so I will just say I meant for it to have the rough, hand made, uneven look

I still need to touch up some of the gaps, add some ground cover and some plants but here it is so far;

I need a small supply of coke to run my mini-forge to do wrought iron swords, but can also do them cut from steel sheet. Went out and got cut-off disks and brazing rods, had the blanks all marked out, then realised the vice is no longer attached to the workbench. grrrr....

Will post photos once I get my $#*! together.

STEEL! WOW! NICE! Keep us updated on your progress

Last edited by kinggreyskull2011; February 21, 2011 at 02:08am.
Reason: Automerged Doublepost

I need a small supply of coke to run my mini-forge to do wrought iron swords, but can also do them cut from steel sheet. Went out and got cut-off disks and brazing rods, had the blanks all marked out, then realised the vice is no longer attached to the workbench. grrrr....

I have been working on a MOTUC Stone Wall diorama/back drop to take photos with. It is currently still WIP but I have just finished painting it.
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I have never done anything like this before so please be gentle

As I wrote elsewhere... it's stunning man! I hope you continue with this... I'd love to hear how you did it too!

I tend to agree LT although I would prob even drop the "of" so its just:

He-man.org & the Masters Down Under

it rolls off the tongue a little better than Eternians Down Under IMO

Agree, remove the "of" and it does sound better.

Originally Posted by TheFallen

I have been working on a MOTUC Stone Wall diorama/back drop to take photos with. It is currently still WIP but I have just finished painting it.

The stone bricks are made from air dry clay and the main dio is styrofoam. I would have liked the stones to be more uniform but I have never done any sculpting before so I will just say I meant for it to have the rough, hand made, uneven look

I still need to touch up some of the gaps, add some ground cover and some plants but here it is so far;
I have never done anything like this before so please be gentle

Really good job, like it alot.

Originally Posted by TheFallen

Thanks. When I was building it I thought about taking In Progress shots but because I didn't really know what I was doing or if it would even turn out I didn't bother with it.

I still have some clay left over so I am going to make a smaller scale version for my Son so I will do a tutorial for that one. But that won't be until I finish this one

I was the same when i set up my battle zone diorama, i never attempted anything like it before so was taking a few pics along the way, plus to give updates aswell.

On that diorama front, it will be coming down soonmy baby is due in 6 weeks so there goes my toy room.

In regards to the Mattel AU thing, you may notice there is a massive lack in 6 inch scale figures at Toys r us, minus the wwe stuff. For tru AU there is ONE, yes ONE person who purchases the boys action figures and i was talking to a manager at Belconnen who said he was told directly from this person that, and i quote "6 inch figures are dead in Australia, and toys r us won't be getting any in the near future..."

In regards to the Mattel AU thing, you may notice there is a massive lack in 6 inch scale figures at Toys r us, minus the wwe stuff. For tru AU there is ONE, yes ONE person who purchases the boys action figures and i was talking to a manager at Belconnen who said he was told directly from this person that, and i quote "6 inch figures are dead in Australia, and toys r us won't be getting any in the near future..."

Maybe we should start a petition. If Mattel realise there is still a market for 6" figures they will meet it. Honestly, have any of you ever heard of an American Corporation that didn't want to make as much money as possible?
Besides, think of all the people our age who have kids the age we used to be who have totally forgotten masters of the universe? All it would take would be re-runs on channel 11 before school, and a quick trip through the toy section on Saturday morning and it will be a deafening chorus of "mummy i want mummy i want!!!" and, mummy will probably oblige because she suddenly remembers he-man from when she was little.
Mattel will be hearing the registers clink in no time.

In regards to the Mattel AU thing, you may notice there is a massive lack in 6 inch scale figures at Toys r us, minus the wwe stuff. For tru AU there is ONE, yes ONE person who purchases the boys action figures and i was talking to a manager at Belconnen who said he was told directly from this person that, and i quote "6 inch figures are dead in Australia, and toys r us won't be getting any in the near future..."

Well then I'm afraid my money won't be spent in Australian stores in the near future either, and will continue to go to overseas companies.